- Roe to Perdition
Infobox Television episode | Title = Roe to Perdition
Series =Frasier
Season = 10
Episode = 18
Airdate =18th March 2003
Guests =John Vickery (Petyr)Michael Winters (Bank President)
Writer = Jon Sherman
Director = Jerry Zaks
Prev =Kenny on the Couch
Next = Some Assembly Required
Episode list =List of Frasier episodes "Roe to Perdition" is the eighteenth episode of American sitcom "
Frasier " season 10.Cast and characters
Main cast and characters
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Kelsey Grammer – Dr. Frasier Crane
*David Hyde Pierce – Dr. Niles Crane
*John Mahoney –Martin Crane
*Jane Leeves –Daphne Moon
*Peri Gilpin –Roz Doyle Plot outline
While shopping for ingredients for an at-home soirée, Frasier and Niles are outraged by the price of
Beluga caviar . Their protests are overheard by a rather shady-looking individual, who claims to them that theRussian Mafia control the market and keep the prices up. He also says he can supply high-quality caviar at more reasonable prices, and after tasting one sample the brothers are more than convinced. The guests at their party are also very impressed, and all sorts of social opportunities start opening up for Frasier and Niles in return for supplying the caviar. Roz helps with the transactions in return for a share, and becomes gradually fixated to the point ofaddiction . However, their supplier becomes worried that too many orders draw attention, and stops making deliveries. Determined not to lose their social advantages, the Cranes decide to track down "The Caspian Queen", the Russian ship which brought the caviar to the USA. Unfortunately, Customs are on the same trail.Meanwhile, Martin has been overpaid by a cash machine, and Daphne insists that he return the extra money to the bank and clear his conscience, but they find the process surprisingly complicated.
Episode Title Cards
*"They call him Vlad the Importer"
Cultural reference
The episode title comes from the
2002 film "Road to Perdition " (or from the series of novels on which the film was based), with reference toroe from which caviar is made.Memorable Quotations
"Frasier tries to think of a solution to the shortage of caviar"Frasier: What was the name of the boat…?Niles: "(automatically)" HMS "Bounty"!Frasier: "(through his teeth)" This isn’t "
Trivial Pursuit ". Let me finish!"Martin, still frustrated at the amount of
red tape he faces at the bank, takes a phonecall in Frasier’s absence"Martin: No, I’m sorry, Frasier isn’t here. Sure you can place an order. Here, let me transfer you to that department! "(hangs up)"
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